I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas, I know I sure did. Over the holidays, we had a congressional election, another increase in AFA votes no doubt from clones and more Serbians. WTP came back strong this month, doubling our congressinal lineup from last month's dismal result of 4. Interesting results, take a look:

I would say overall the holidays really suppressed voting, with a large block of voters choosing to spend time with their families. On behalf of WTP, I would like to thank the citizens who took the time to sign in and vote for freedom. Every vote did count, and I think these results show that the AFA can't get out of its own way in elections. Considering the holidays, the AFA should have won a much larger chunk but failed. How does RGR put it? FAIL.

The Candor debacle

I am sure most of you have seen this article by now and have been able to develop an opinion. To be quite honest, I am appalled. A presidential candidate that offers no assistance whatsoever in ATO operations, now announces he plans to give seats at a table that governs our country to the enemy. Not only a seat, a vote in the way the country is run.

If you look at his so called plan...not even a hard look would tell you it is rubbish. A committee of party presidents, no matter their affiliation, will decide the day to day running of this country by a vote. This basically means that not only would the AFA get a vote, but so would ALL of the sixth parties they have PTO'd. This does nothing but legitimize the AFA and everything they are doing. Legitimizing the PTO, strange way to conduct business on Candor's part, I must say.

All I have to say about it is giving a vote to Psycho of the Year Ajay Bruno is a slap in the face to the loyal Americans who have been fighting this PTO since day one...myself included. People who have dedicated their time to once and for all burying Ajay where he stands. I really hope Candor is joking about this...but if he isn't, he is no better than Ajay himself.

My platform:

More on this to come soon, but I did want to announce I have secured two of my four VP's for my upcoming run for the White House. BigCDizzle and Dr. Luis (aka Dr. Sexeh) have agreed to come aboard the JJ train. I salute both of them as great americans, who want to see the eUS rise again.

I look around at the current choices for POTUS and don't see an original idea from any of them. We were sold out last month and got an Inwegen presidency. By most people's opinion, an unmitigated failure. I still have hope he can have a strong last ten days...but it too is waning.

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We deserve better, America. A vote for me in your party primary is a vote for guaranteed leadership, not a month of silence or someone running for glory before they quit. Vote for John Jay.

You're just slinging mud at Candor because he's opposing you in the elections.

I can't believe that you would actually oppose him that much for being reasonable and mature. Unless of course the whole schoolyard mindset of excluding your opponents from dialogue and participation is really how you think things should be run. Personally I think it's that attitude that has given so much momentum to the AFA.

Clearly RGR and the AFA aren't going to just disappear, no matter how much some people want that. So there are two methods you can take to dealing with them. One is to bully and harass them relentlessly, the other is to try to set aside differences and cooperate. How's option A working out for you, eAmerica?

Candor is not a traitor. He has come up with what he believes to be a solution to the problem. No one should fault him for thinking out of the box. However considering our past with Ajay and the AFA pto'ers his idea just can't happen. Working with them would send the message that when someone wants to take power in the eUSA they can sneak in try to pto us and take it by force and we will reward them for that by working with them and making them part of our country. Fact is there can just be no peace with the AFA. If we give them a seat at the table it would be like giving your dog a doggy treat right after it takes a shit in the livingroom floor. You don't reward bad behavior, you just don't. These pto'ers have come into our country uninvited and forced us to devote so much valuable time and resources to stopping them that could be better utilized in other areas. They have taken away our ability to have free and open elections and made us a country where people are appointed to the presidency now. To volunteer to share power with them for that is insulting to my sense of what is right. There can be no peace with the AFA. It will either have to be us or them.

"Actually, Candor is a good guy. He seems to be the moderating influence that the country needs. "

FirstLaw makes a great point.

Candor has always stood above the petty party politics and between dueling personalities as the man who can moderate the discussion. Voting for John Jay simply because you think that being mature is wrong isn't going to solve the problem's of our failed administration.

Also, hate on AFA, but a lot of them are also former allies who the previous administrations of this country have cast aside and made clear that they don't care for them, instead siding with enemies. The AFA is a product of the failed and short sighted foreign policies we have been pursuing for months.

Candor has always stood above the petty party politics and between dueling personalities as the man who can moderate the discussion. Voting for John Jay simply because you think that being mature is wrong isn't going to solve the problem's of our failed administration.

Also, hate on AFA, but a lot of them are also former allies who the previous administrations of this country have cast aside and made clear that they don't care for them, instead siding with enemies. The AFA is a product of the failed and short sighted foreign policies we have been pursuing for months."

@morningblur: "Working with them would send the message that when someone wants to take power in the eUSA they can sneak in try to pto us and take it by force and we will reward them for that by working with them and making them part of our country."

How is the AFA taking power by force any different than the force used by any other Political Party? The electoral process is all about the majority of citizens voting to have the government implement their will on the minority. The game mechanics gives certain rights to citizens. The citizens in the AFA are just deciding to exercise them in a way that you do not like.

The difference is that other parties are Americans. The AFA is made up of foreigners brought here just to pto the eUSA. I have no issue with a group of Americans joining together to take power, that's politics. The AFA are foreign players loyal to foreign countries. They only hold eUSA citizenship in order to vote. They don't stay here, they don't fight for us, and they don't even try to be part of us. So you comparing them to just another political party is just not valid.

"Voting for John Jay simply because you think that being mature is wrong isn't going to solve the problem's of our failed administration."

Not voting for JJ because you think if you do SVV isn't going to perceive you as "mature" is wrong.

Our options:

Candor: I think he'd make a fine president given the right timing. Giving any sort of power to RGR/Ajay Bruno/PTH to gain voters is detrimental and gives PTO'ers the idea that if they just break laws and create havoc long enough, they will get what they want. Candor would be awesome when we aren't facing a PTO crisis, he'd make a fine koombayah leader, but we need someone with cojones right now to break the current "molds" we find ourselves in, both foreign and domestically.

Fingerguns: Has lied publicly to cover up situations that were honestly beyond Fed control and called the people bringing said happenings to light "crazy" and liars. Would have much rather seen her admit to said happenings and provide assurance that everything was being done to ensure it never happened again. Preaches a unity, respect and regard for all groups that she does not take ownership of herself. Has repetitively proven through her comments, radio and articles that she/Feds know all and everyone else is wrong and needs to follow their model. Wants the country to be Fedified, aka no respect for group diversity.

John Jay: Has never lied to me personally, nor to anyone else that I've seen. Was the "popular" candidate for PotUS last month. Ran a classy race last month only to lose by 2 6th party votes (79 citizens) not being counted due to unity election new "rules" being very poorly publicized (he and his people were the ones to point them out to most, if not all, 6th party presidents, not the government who made them, outside of one small blurb in the WHPR

Is understandably horrified at the proposition of holding hands with the PTO'ers now. Promotes unity through not only words and deeds but through his cabinet choices, which last month included promising players from ALL groups, and weren't loaded with Feds for the swing vote, or members of his own party.

As a player who watches, and is told alot about what goes on, in public and behind the scenes, John Jay and his cabinet provide me with the best hope for integrity, honor and a true beginning of domestic unity, without kneeling to PTO'ers in the process.

I believe in this team. And it's about the TEAM. His team is the best option this time around, in my humble opinion.

As party president of a small 6th party I can confirm that last month John Jay was the only candidate to contact me and express concern about obtaining our nomination. That says a lot. Last month John Jay was the only candidate that cared about the opinion of small parties. I will give credit where credit is due though. This month Candor contacted me as well as John Jay. The two of them are the candidates trying to give voice to small parties. Candor would make a great president in a time of peace. This is not a time of peace though and John Jay is better suited for dealing with the AFA. There can be no peace with the AFA, elect John Jay.

I am RL-Pakistani and has lived half of my e-life in ePakistan. And I know almost everyone in there.

>Your PTO ePakistan together with eSerbs !?

^This is just a false accusation. Neither Serbia nor USA has PTOed Pakistan. Serbia is respected there because they have always replied positively to the calls of Pakistan. USA is respected because she is a fellow dioist state.

@Candor but allowing the PP to choose their gov representative gives the most powerful people in the game even more power. If you chose them yourself, that is elitish. I don't see any other way that could be reasonably carried out to chose them.

Bia- how can I promise something will never happen again when you and John Jay refuse to even say what the party is being accused of? Now you say the 'situation' is outside of party control... So how can anyone in the party fix it?

I stand on facts, as I have them. If you and John Jay have other facts that can help secure elections and help a top party, why would you keep it to yourselves and just make vague accusations about people/parties?

It can't be THAT bad. The Fed PP that oversaw the 'corruption' is one of JJ's VPs.

"Bia- how can I promise something will never happen again when you and John Jay refuse to even say what the party is being accused of? Now you say the 'situation' is outside of party control... So how can anyone in the party fix it?"

Now read:

"It can't be THAT bad. The Fed PP that oversaw the 'corruption' is one of JJ's VPs. "

"Has lied publicly to cover up situations that were honestly beyond Fed control and called the people bringing said happenings to light "crazy" and liars. Would have much rather seen her admit to said happenings and provide assurance that everything was being done to ensure it never happened again."

The point of it is that you are legitimizing PTO parties. You've done nothing but support that hypothesis in your comments. Opening up PDB's to PTO'ers, giving them input on matters they shouldn't have...you're just one big ball of appeasement. It must be nice to sit on the sidelines, consorting with the enemy giving no effort to help your country. Where have you been when we have been fighting these enemies? Oh, right...planning your POTUS campaign.

At this point, WTP does not want to participate in your farce of appeasement. If it changes, we would consider. Oh, and it hasn't gone unnoticed by WTP leadership that we are the only T5 you haven't contacted. Doesn't exactly show your "commitment to unity"...but it does show a lack of knowledge as to who you get into bed with.

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